Test yourself in the CMS Basicstrack

By doing the assignment below, you can test your knowledge of the Basics track. Make sure you have studied all the materials suggested in this track.

The assignment consists of 10 tasks. Some of the tasks refer to the data you have to create in some of the previous tasks. So we recommend that you do the tasks in the suggested order.

The actual assignment may include one or more tasks similar to those below. However, you should bear in mind that the actual tasks may be different from the topics covered here and be a bit more complex.

Task 1

1. Create a demo website.
2. Log into the CMS Console.

OR (advanced):

1. Install C1 CMS on WebMatrix using the Web Gallery URL.
2. Follow the steps of the setup wizard and select one of the starter sites.
3. Log into the CMS Console.
   

OR (advanced):

1. Install C1 CMS on IIS or Visual Studio's ASP.NET Development Server.
2. Follow the steps of the setup wizard and select one of the starter sites.
3. Log into the CMS Console.

Task 2

1. Create a page called “Test” under the root page.
2. Insert a table with 3 columns and 1 row on the page.
3. Type in some text in Cell 1.
4. Paste some text from a Word document in Cell 2.
5. Insert some plain text in Cell 3.
   
6. Save and preview the page.

Task 3

1. Create a new Razor-based template called "Simple".
2. Add '<div>&#169; 2013 Company</div>' at the end of the template.
3. Create a page type called "Simple page".
4. Edit the "Test" page (from Task 2).
5. Change its page type to "Simple page".
6. Change its page template to "Simple".
7. Save and publish the page.

Task 4

1. Create a page data folder called "Test.Capitals".
2. Add fields to the data folder: "City" (string (64)), "Description" (string (1024), optional), "Population"(Int32), "Country" (string (128)).

Task 5

1. Create a page called "Capitals".
2. Add the page data folder “Test.Capitals” (from Task 4) to this page.
3. Add two or more items to the folder with arbitrary data.

Task 6

1. Install the Composite.Media.ImageGallery.ADGallery package (if not installed yet).
2. Create a page called "Gallery".
3. Insert the Composite.Media.ImageGallery.ADGallery function on the "Gallery" page.
4. Select the media folder with images for the function.
5. Save, publish and preview the page.

Task 7

1. Create a user group called “User”.
2. Give it access to the Content perspective.
3. Give it the Read permission.
4. Create a user called "user1".
5. Assign "user1" to the "User" user group.
6. Log in to the CMS Console as "user1".

Task 8

1. Add the Danish (or other) language to the website.
2. Switch to the Danish locale.
3. Translate the root page.
4. Translate two or more subpages.

Task 9

1. View the server log in the CMS Console ("System" | "Server Log" | "View Server Log").
2. Install and run Log Viewer.
3. Connect to the website with Log Viewer.
4. Switch to Live Feed and view the logs.

Task 10

1. Install the Composite.Tools.XmlBasedSiteBackup package.
2. Back up the website.